Sequences

aspenv wrote on 3/19/2004, 8:33 PM
I'm editing different sequences of a project and would like to work on them separetely. Once I'm finished, how do I go about putting them together? Should I render with the dv codec or uncomppress and then import them into a new fresh project?
This is the same situation I have when I do composite with several video tracks. I would like to do the composite separetely (when possible) so I can import it later on a project, saving that way the hassle of working with too many video tracks. I would like to know how do people work around that? Thanks!

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jetdv wrote on 3/19/2004, 9:20 PM
After you have finished with each section, render to DV-AVI. After you have finished with ALL sections, start a new project and add the individually rendered AVI's on the timeline in the final configuration.
Grazie wrote on 3/19/2004, 9:59 PM
Edward is also correct in as much as it keeps my "messy" edting in order. I have zillions of ideas, but at some point a "film" needs to be made and rendered out to a final FINAL F I N A L cut .. . . on the way, I make several "Assembly Versions" of the film . .. this also helps in the awful event of a major crash out tht can't be recovered by the amazing VEGAS backup facility.

I use the "Copy/Paste" options to work between various Vegas mini-Projects that are part of the total film. I can have up to 4 instances of VEgas at any one time! It's a method that may not suit everyone but I've found this to work for me. All this helps and assists my workflow as the type of work I'm getting at the moment tends to be "unscripted" and without any apparently logically narrative. It is then up to me to "create" that narrative for and with the client working in collaboration. Tricky stuff - BUT when it can be pulled off, very very rewarding. I love it .. . and VEgas IS the platform that allows me this freedom.

The way I "edit" would most likely drive traditional editors Nutz! - I'm fortunate as I come from a background of arts development and an art form - Ceramics - that allows for much scope of experimentation and the need for starting afresh with a project - including the workflow approach itself. What I've learnt is "Let the Project breathe determine the Workflow" and not the other way round. Hey, after 10 or twenty years in this medium I may, probably will, fall into a rhythm about my editing, and just go with what comes and is the most easiest. But in a sense I really hope not. I like to "live" on the dge with the work I do. It gives me a sense the "immeadiate" and the "now" . . . sorry if this appears straying from your original post .. but maybe not . .

My advise - if yah want it? Experiment experiment and .. er . . experiment with dfferent workflows. You WILL come up with some amazing solutions to HOW you wanna do things.

Tell you what! So far, Vegas is sitting there tellling me it can deal with most ANYTHING I throw - I do mean metaphorically "throw" . . . sometimes - at it!

. . .and above all . .. have fun!

Regards,

Grazie


. . ps yes . ..DV-AVI for the finished thing . .. sorry . . . ;-)
aspenv wrote on 3/19/2004, 10:30 PM
You guys are great! Thanks so much for the info and the passion Grazie!
Grazie wrote on 3/19/2004, 10:40 PM
Wat yah mean?!?!? I'm PASSIONATE about Vegas? WHo said that? I didn't say I was passionate? I said I loved it!!!! - <BIG WINK HERE> ;-)

Grazie . .. .